A SWOT framework for analyzing the electricity supply chain using an integrated AHP methodology combined with fuzzy-TOPSIS

ABSTRACTSupply chain refers to the integrated chain of organizations, loops, persons who are involving in stuff generation and costumer servicing. One of these services is the electricity which can be consumed as domestic, industrial, agriculture and etc. It can be considered that the electric power supply chain network has four stages which are electricity generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. In this paper, a framework of Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) is presented to analysis the electricity supply chain in north-west of Iran. In this regard, some interviews are done with several experts of electricity industry. In addition, an integrated AHP method which is combined with fuzzy-TOPSIS is proposed to prioritize the SWOT factors for the proposed electricity supply chain. The results show that the proposed method can be used effectively in order to determine a strategy plan with high prioritizing for planning and decision-making in electricity supply chain.